Curtains AERO INDIA 2023: Flavours, Gains and Pains

 

Aero India 2023 Culminated on 17 Feb.

 

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AEROINDIA 2023: First Hand Impressions

 

 

Theme

 “The Runway to a Billion Opportunities”

 

Visited Aero India on 15 Feb 23.

 

Remembered this day four years back (15 Feb 2019). Was up to my neck coordinating the final journey of the martyrs to their home towns all over India and planning the appropriate response to the drastic Pulwama incident.

 

Impressions of Aero India 2023:-

 

    • The air show has come of Age.

 

    • Russian presence is minimal.

 

    • Americans have come with the latest (F-35, F-16/F-21, F-18, B-I).

 

    • DRDO and DPSUs stalls are predominant.

 

    • Emphasis and focus is on:
      • Atmanirbharta
      • Make in India
      • Enhancement of arms export
      • Make for the world.

 

    • Glamorous foreign aerobatic teams and wing walkers are missing.

 

    • Suryakirans and Sarang display are as awe inspiring as ever.

 

    • F-35 display is superb and impressive. (The aircraft is seen of by two ground crew),

 

    • Number of seminars has been restricted and generally limited to Govt agencies and DPSUs.

 

General  observations are as follows:-

 

    • Photograph of PM is all over.

 

    • Static display area has been expanded.

 

    • The entire static display area is cordoned off, and generally the aircraft can be seen from  far and from front. Individual cordon is better but difficult for crowd control I guess. 

 

    • IAF Chalet has been moved from number 2 position to 4 position.

 

    • Their are traffic jams.

 

    • There is no clarity about parking and entry.

 

Glimpses

 

F-18 (USA trying to sell it to IN)

 

 

Big US presence: F-16 & F-35 (not in pic F-18 & B-1)

 

 

SU-30 (Work Horse of IAF)

 

RAFALE (Latest induction in IAF)

 

AMCA (Eagerly Awaited)

 

LCA Mk  2 (Hope it comes in time)

 

Brahmos on Su-30 (most potent combo)

 

Jet Pack (Everyone wants one)

 

RAFALE-M (Eyeing Market : IN)

 

LCA MK2 (Much Needed)

 

TEDBF (Twin Engine Deck Based Fighter: For IN)

(Experience gained from LCA-N being utilised)

 

Vintage  over Modern (Dakota flying over F-35)

 

F-35 (Most Modern Fighter Existing)

 

F-18 

 

Jaguar (Flown 1000+ hrs, Most of it over the sea)

 

Jaguar (Flying it at Ultra low level is so much fun)

 

Apache (Looks Dangerous)

 

Reminder: Air Show is being held in Karnataka

 

Aero Space Power

 

Gripen (Still in the race?)

 

AMCA (5th Gen)

 

Tejas (Indigenous)

 

 

AMCA

 

More coming up (F-35 Debut)…..

 

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AEROINDIA 2023: Impressions & Inferences (Opportunities)

 

 

Theme

 “The Runway to a Billion Opportunities”

 

Aero India is a business opportunity event.

 

During the Aero India Show, numerous manufacturers and service providers from the Indian and foreign aerospace and aviation industry (including big international companies, domestic companies, MSMEs, and startups,  both from private and public sectors) would get a chance to showcase their products, meet the potential buyers and finalise deals.

 

The airshow also provides ideas about new technologies, platforms, weapons, and systems.

 

New Technologies that are influencing warfare in general and air warfare in particular are:-

 

    • Quantum computing – the ability to compute and handle data.

 

    • Space-based internet – Data availability (Speed & Capacity).

 

    • Hypersonics – expanding the zone of combat in both offensive and defensive operations.

 

    • AI + Robotics + Miniaturisation – Unmanned platforms in all domains of air, sea, and land.

 

    • Networked environment.

 

    • Virtual Reality + Artificial Reality + 3D Holography.

 

Some of the future opportunities for the defence and aviation companies are:-

 

    • Unmanned Platforms in land, sea, and air domain.
      • Drones and Swarms.

 

      • Anti-drone systems.

 

      • Combination of manned and unmanned platforms (Loyal wingman concept).

 

    • New Generation platforms (6th/7th generation) – maybe space capable.

 

    • Multi-domain, multi-sensor ISR systems.

 

    • AI-based systems (with decision support and what-if options).

 

    • AI-enabled networked solutions for data collection, analysis, planning, dissemination, and monitoring.

 

    • Smart Weapons with the following capabilities:-

 

      • Standoff.

 

      • precision.

 

      • shoot and scoot.

 

      • Fire and forget.

 

      • Search and strike.

 

      • Selective targeting.

 

      • multi-target engagement.

 

    •  Protective infrastructure – Protection from kinetic weapons, hypersonic weapons, and CBRN (Chemical, biological, radiation, and nuclear) attacks.

 

    • Survivability enhancement systems

 

      • Armour plating.

 

      • EW systems.

 

      • Deception measures.

 

The air show theme, “The Runway to a Billion Opportunities”, aptly describes it.

 

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